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    Need your help - Open position on statement

    As others have said, check the log file to see what trades were actually done. It is possible that the statement is incorrect. Sometimes there is an error in trade reporting. It's a good lesson to all to be diligent and check your statements and make sure all your trades are reported...
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    suggestion: assign a # for each post in thread

    I haven't given this a whole lot of thought, but it just occurred to me that it might be handy if each post within a thread was numbered to make referencing back to a previous post easier. I think if you think about it could really make for a better experience. I just don't know how difficult...
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    FED can't even print money right

    yeah, that's a no win situation for Bernanke if he answers that question.
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    Exchange seats - worth buying?

    I haven't owned a seat, but I used to spend a lot of time looking into the benefits of leasing/ owning and the various membership classifications. I always found the CME Group support staff pretty helpful and trying to get all those questions answered. Have you contacted them yet? They have a...
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    when do the june 10 CL options expire?

    LTD is May 17th. http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/crude-oil/light-sweet-crude_product_calendar_options.html
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    Minimum it takes to start trading Gold Futures?

    I think I can help clarify this a little bit for you. The full size Gold futures contract represents 100 ounces of Gold. So if you're trying to understand contract value, take the price of one ounce (the contract is quoted in $ per ounce) and multiply that by 100. Using today's price of Gold...
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    Any tips for trading from hotels while traveling?

    I found an article about this topic, and they conclude that larger chains are probably more secure than the smaller hotels: (from the article) ..."Your larger hotel chains have started to take action," he said. "Now where the larger risk probably lies - once the brand names lock up their...
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    Any tips for trading from hotels while traveling?

    Thanks for your input also. Do you happen to have a link to any of those reports? I'd like to get some more info, tips. Do you know, was the private info in jeopardy because of wireless network security? Thanks, Doug
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    Any tips for trading from hotels while traveling?

    Thanks for all of the input from everyone. Best regards, Doug McWilliams Cannon Trading Co.
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    Any tips for trading from hotels while traveling?

    Can anyone give me some tips for someone who is going to be trading while on the road and staying at various hotels, and using the hotel internet connection? What I'm thinking so far is that it is probably best to use a hard-line internet connection rather than wireless, and running a ping...
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